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Metford
Metford is a suburb of the city of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. It is on the New England Highway and has a Metford railway station, railway station on NSW TrainLink's Hunter railway line, Hunter line. The line was opened in 1857, and the station was opened on 17 March 1995.''Brian Langton MLA''"Questions and Answers - 491: Railway Station Openings": New South Wales Legislative Assembly, ''Hansard'', 16 April 1996, p. 1006. Accessed January 7, 2008. Education There are two main schools in Metford, one being Metford Public School, a co-ed government primary school., and Maitland Christian School, a co-ed Baptist K-12 school. Heritage Listings Metford has some heritage listings, including: * Main Northern Railway: Metford railway station * McCubbin Close: Metford Skate Park References Suburbs of Maitland, New South Wales {{Maitland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metford Railway Station
Metford railway station is located on the Main Northern line in New South Wales, Australia. It serves Metford in the eastern suburbs of Maitland, opening on 17 March 1995. Platforms & services Metford has one island platform with two faces. It is serviced by NSW TrainLink Hunter Line services travelling from Newcastle to Maitland, Muswellbrook, Scone, Telarah and Dungog. File:Metford_railway_station_platforms.jpg, Eastbound view from island platform File:Metford_railway_station_entrance.jpg, Entrance on McCubbin Close Transport links Hunter Valley Buses Hunter Valley Buses is an Australian bus operator who operates bus, coach and charter services in the Central Coast and Hunter regions of New South Wales. Previously known as Blue Ribbon, it was one of the first companies to be bought by Comfo ... operate one route via Metford station: *181: Woodberry to Rutherford References External links *Metford station detailsTransport for New South Wales {{Hunter Region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metford Skate Park
Metford is a suburb of the city of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. It is on the New England Highway New England Highway is an long highway in Australia running from Yarraman, north of Toowoomba, Queensland at its northern end to Hexham at Newcastle, New South Wales at its southern end. It is part of Australia's National Highway system, an ... and has a Metford railway station, railway station on NSW TrainLink's Hunter railway line, Hunter line. The line was opened in 1857, and the station was opened on 17 March 1995.''Brian Langton MLA''"Questions and Answers - 491: Railway Station Openings": New South Wales Legislative Assembly, ''Hansard'', 16 April 1996, p. 1006. Accessed January 7, 2008. Education There are two main schools in Metford, one being Metford Public School, a co-ed government primary school., and Maitland Christian School, a co-ed Baptist K-12 school. Heritage Listings Metford has some heritage listings, including: * Main Northern Railway: Metfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunter Railway Line
The Hunter Line is a commuter train line operated by NSW TrainLink, running from Newcastle to Dungog and Scone in the New South Wales Hunter Region. It operates on the Newcastle, Main North and North Coast lines. Description of Route Hunter Line services operate from Newcastle on the Newcastle branch line to Islington Junction, the Main North line between Islington Junction and Scone, the North Coast line between Maitland and Dungog. The Hunter Line shares its portion of the Main North Line and North Coast Line with NSW TrainLink North Western and North Coast regional services respectively. Services Services run regularly between Newcastle and Telarah, with infrequent services to Dungog and Singleton, Muswellbrook and Scone. Services are operated by Endeavour and Hunter railcars. Until 2007, 620/720 class railcars operated the service. The line was the last in Australia to have a regular steam hauled passenger service. The final service was hauled from Newcastle to Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maitland, New South Wales
Maitland () is a city in the Lower Hunter Valley of New South Wales, Australia and the seat of Maitland City Council, situated on the Hunter River approximately by road north of Sydney and north-west of Newcastle. It is on the New England Highway approximately from its origin at Hexham. At the it had approximately 78,015 inhabitants, spread over an area of , with most of the population located in a strip along the New England Highway between the suburbs of Rutherford and Metford respectively. The city centre is located on the right bank of the Hunter River, protected from moderate potential flooding by a levee. Surrounding areas include the cities of Cessnock and Singleton local government areas. History The Wonnarua People were the first known people of this land. They called the area where Maitland is now situated, by the name Bo-un after a species of bird. From around 1816, cedar logging parties from the convict settlement of Newcastle were the first Europeans to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Maitland, New South Wales
East Maitland is a suburb in the City of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. It is on the New England Highway and it has two railway stations, Victoria Street (opened in 1857 with the Newcastle-Maitland line) and East Maitland (opened initially in 1858). Both stations are served by NSW TrainLink's Hunter Line. Hunter Valley Buses provides bus service. The Traditional Owners and Custodians of the Maitland area are the Wonnarua people. Commercial areas Green Hills is a major commercial district called which includes the large Stockland Green Hills and The Pavilion which features Aldi, Rebel, Repco and the East Maitland Library. There are also shops near Victoria Street railway station. Schools * St Joseph's Primary School a co-ed catholic primary school on 57 King Street * East Maitland Primary School a co-ed government primary on 32 William Street * Linuwel School an alternative co-ed private K-12 located on 133 Morpeth Street * Maitland High School (formally Maitl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tenambit, New South Wales
Tenambit is a suburb of the city of Maitland, a city and local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately east of the Maitland CBD. The suburb is on sloping ground, which decreases from approximately AMSL Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''. The comb ... in the west to AMSL at the eastern edge of the suburb. At the it had a population of approximately 2,900. St Egwin's Church St Egwin's is a church under the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle. It was erected c. 1890. Sport Rugby Union Tenambit is home to the East Maitland Eagles, who play in the Newcastle and Hunter Rugby Union. Their playing strip consists of red, blue and white. Reformed in 2007, the team reached the semi-finals in 2007, 2008 and 2009, also taking out th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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